{"id":278522,"date":"2018-06-13T09:30:49","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T16:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=278522"},"modified":"2018-06-13T09:30:49","modified_gmt":"2018-06-13T16:30:49","slug":"tyron-woodley-issues-10000-takedown-challenge-to-colby-covington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tyron-woodley\/tyron-woodley-issues-10000-takedown-challenge-to-colby-covington\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyron Woodley issues $10,000 takedown challenge to Colby Covington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley&#8217;s next fight is almost certain to pit him against <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/podcasts\/bjpenn-com-radio-ep-84-colby-covington\/\">Colby Covington<\/a>, the UFC&#8217;s new interim welterweight champion.<\/p>\n<p>If Woodley and Covington&#8217;s fight goes ahead as planned, Woodley is hoping to use it as a chance to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tyron-woodley\/tyron-woodley-on-colby-covington-ive-never-wanted-to-fk-somebody-up-so-bad\/\">punish<\/a> Covington for the ceaseless trash talk he&#8217;s unleashed over the last few months. Rather than taking Covington down, he&#8217;s hoping to settle things on the feet. He does not, however, expect Covington to play ball. Instead, he expects the interim champion to lean on his wrestling \u2014 the same wrestling he used to defeat <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/colby-covington\/exclusive-colby-covington-100-sure-that-rafael-dos-anjos-was-cheating-in-their-fight\/\">Rafael dos Anjos<\/a> at UFC 225 last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>In an effort to deter Covington from relentlessly pursuing the takedown, Woodley has suggested something of a wager: for every takedown Covington attempts, he pays Woodley $10,000.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he wants to play those types of games and that\u2019s what he wants to do, I\u2019m gonna challenge him,&#8221; Woodley said on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/morningwoodshow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201dThe Morning Wood Show with Deez Nuts\u201d podcast<\/a>\u00a0(transcribed by Tristen Critchfield for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Tyron-Woodley-Issues-3610000-Takedown-Challenge-to-New-UFC-Interim-Champ-Colby-Covington-138015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sherdog<\/a>). \u201cFor every time he tries to touch my leg, for every time he tries to take me down, you owe me $10,000. Let\u2019s make a bet. I ain\u2019t gonna try to take you down one time for the whole fight.<\/p>\n<p>If this wager does successfully deter Covington from pursuing the takedown, Woodley expects to win extremely quickly. Perhaps with even greater brevity than his 2016 title-winning knockout of Robbie Lawler, which only took 2:12.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re going to make this division great again? People want to see hands thrown. They don\u2019t want to see wrestling and grappling,\u201d Woodley continued. \u201cWe could take it to the mat and put on a singlet if that\u2019s what you want to do. I challenge you $10,000 every time you touch my leg or grab me and try to take me down, you owe me $10,000. We\u2019ll see this fight end lickety-split. I might beat the knockout of Robbie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Who do you think will come out on top when the cage door finally closes on Tyron Woodley and Colby Covington?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 6\/13\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley&#8217;s next fight is almost certain to pit him against Colby Covington, the UFC&#8217;s new interim welterweight champion. If Woodley and Covington&#8217;s fight goes ahead as planned, Woodley is hoping to use it as a chance to punish Covington for the ceaseless trash talk he&#8217;s unleashed over the last few months. 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